DAILY EVENING EDITION
DAILY EVEH1I1G EDIT1011
Forecast for Em Orrfon, by the
I'nJUxl state Weather Observer
at Portland.
TO ADVERTISERS.
Te Bast Orc Din hu the largest paid
elwaiatloa of ao paper In Dragon, east t
Portland end ere. twtc tb circulation la
feadletoa ( any Maei aewspapar.
Unsettled tonight and Friday;
probably now.
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VOL 26
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON,- THURSDAY, DPICEMBER 10,
NO. 83T0
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TWO MORE GERMAN CRUISERS ARE SbMC BY THE BRITISH
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REPORTS
His Condition is Taken to be Serious
and He js Brought to the Royal
Palace in Berlin.
DEMONSTRATIONS FORBIDDEN
JI1 Majowty Is Attacked With Coupl
ing spell TliU Mornlmr Widen
lMa Hour Condition Today la
Reported as Unchanged Strict
(ViMonliip at Uio Capital.
LONDON. Dec. 10 The latest
Berlin report bearing the marka of
official approval, declared the kaiser's
condition was unchanged- It was
supposed he waa still at Breslau un
til the Lokal Anzcigcr announced hi)
la In the capital. He returned to Ber
lln last Thursday night.
The authorities forbade a demon
stration about the palnco owing to
the illness of the kalor.
The kaiser had a bad coughing spoil
this morning, according to an Am
sterdnm report and It was said he wa
not relieved until hi wife and the
court physician had worked over him
for an hour. The tact la accepted
here that his majesty's Illness is terl
ous.
A trtet censorship prevailed at Ber.
lln but reports have been received
from various points and from the
most reliable sources regarding the
kaiser's Illness.
The attack was variously describ
ed In some dispatches as pneumonia,
bronchitis and Influents and In some
cases as nervous prostration.
Ill 111 KEEP
IS Hill OUT
OF HEN 11
Secretary of the Navy Daniels Ad-
4 mits United States Faces Possi
bility of Being Yet Involved.
HAS FAITH IN PRESIDENT
Ilcconimcfidallon Will be Made, How
ever, for Four RaUlcNhlps Annually
Instead of Two as Heretofore
3lore Men Also Needed for the Navy
Enlistments arc Few.
Society Girls Appear in Pretty Spectacle to Aid Workers
PENDLETON HIGH SCHOOL
AND PURPLE GIANTS CLASH
GAME TONIGHT EXPECTED TO
BE FA ST I AtC.Xii TEAM. IN
;OI (X1NDITION.
One of the finest exhibitions of
basketball to be produced this sea
iton la expected tonight on the local
gym floor of the high school when
iho Pendleton high school team meets
the "Purple Giants" in the opening
mmp of the present season. The lo
cal team Is In the finest condition It
has been for years, and not only haa
It five of Its old letter men to present
but there are also a number of new
men who have proven themselvs mas
ters of the game. Among the new
men In Roscoc Vaughan. who has be
tome a wonder In the science of bas
ketball. The lineup for tonight will be as
follows: Emll Felbert, center;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 That the
United States faces a posslbllty of be
coming Involved In the European war
was admitted by Secretary of the Nuvy
Daniels before the house naval com
mittee today.
"But I think the president will keep
us out of trouble." he added. "With
fire all about us there Is dunger of
conflaKrutlon. Delicate questions con
tiiiiiully ore arising."
Daniels told the committee the pres
ident's message to congress meant
America ought not to do more than
heretofore in naval bullJIng or act dlf.
ferently becuuse of the war. Daniels
suld he hoped to see the time when
mere win be an International agree
ment to reduce the feverish competl
tlon of shipbuilding but thought It
would be a great mistake for the Unl
ted States to stop building on this
hope alone,
Daniels admitted he would recom
mend. If funds permitted, four .battle
ships instead of two as a yearly pro
gram. He also admitted the scarcity
of hospital ships but said he felt this
year's appropriations should be ap
oiled to battleships, declaring that
with the program proposed America's
security would be good.
Daniels also Insisted that the navy-
was not sufficiently manned. He
pointed out that only 6,000 men had
enlisted In the last IS months. He
recommended the creation of a train
ed reserve force from the ranks of
former navy men who retired to pri
vate life at a rate of from three to
four thousand annually.
He admitted that enlistment stand
ards bar many from the navy but said
lie did nut think it necessary to have
enough men to m;in every (hip.
He also made It plain that 23.000
I nu n could lie taken Into the service
from the ranks of former members In
I ten days In an emergency.
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Commander of Kaiser's Squadron
Goes to the Bottom With His
Flagship According to Reports.
ENGLAND IS WILD WITH JOY
Nurnberg and Diwdea, WlUeh E.
raped After Battle on Tumday, Arc
Orertaken and DeatroyM by Ute
nrlUalk Klnjf GeorrB ConsratuUte
His Admiral for Victory.
Georgia Beauty Seeks Her Husband in War Zone
NEW YORK. Dec. 10. Mrs. 8 J.
Acroyd. of Atlanta and New Tork.
known as one of the most beautiful
women in the south, will soon sail
for Europe to hunt for her husband
n no is somewhere In the battle tone In
France. Mr. Acroyd was obliged to
make a business trip Into the section
of France In which the allies and the
Germans are fighting and Mrs.
Acroyd has not heard fririn him in
so long that she haa become alarmed
nnil intends to go to the scene of
strife to personally conduct a search
for him.
NEWS SUMMARY
(Continued on page five.)
Weather Fieree Storm.
POINT AltGl'ELIX). Dec. 10. With
boilers and one anchor lost and the
wireless apparatus out of commission
the steamer Centralia lay five miles
FreJi'f South Point Arguello. after a
1 hard battle with a storm which swept
'upon her during the night.
DRASTIC MEASURE TO REGULATE
PAWN AND SECOND-HAND SHOPS
IS ADOPTED bY CITY COUNCIL
In an effort to make It difficult for
thieves to dispone of their stolen plun
der, the city council lost evening ad
opted a drastic ordinance governing
the pawn shops and 'second hand
stores. Hereafter the proprietors of
such places must keep a legible rec
ord of nil goods they buy or receive
In pledge and this record will be open
to any prosecuting attorney or peace
officer.
The ordinance Is Identical with the
Spokane ordlnnnco and Is much the
Fame as exists In other cities. It has
heen made necessary by the fact that
some men engage in the scond-hand
or pawnshop business simply to act
as "fences" for professional thieves.
Al different times dealers In Pendle
ton have received goods which the
officers believe they had good reason
to suspect were stolen and the ease
with which stolen goods have been
disposed of here prompted the coun
cil to pas the. ordinance. The re
place where It was last held, the pur
chase price, number of pawn ticket
and other information.
it la prescribed that no article in
the store shall be sold within four
days after a request has been recelv
cd rrom an officer to hold It. Failure
to keep thf record as prescribed or
to report to the officers any goods re
celved which the dealers have good
reason to suppose were stolen or the
receiving of any goods from a minor,
Intoxicated person, habitual criminal
or drug fiend Is punishable by a fine
not exceeding $100 or a term in Jail
not exceeding 26 days.
The petition of Bon L. Burroughs
and Tom Robertson, manager of the
Farmers' Union grain acrency, to va
rate a portion of Vincent street near
the planing mills, was referred to
the council as a whole. The petition
was presented July si and since that
time notices of the Intention to va
-qulrementfl are severe for those who; cate have been posted and there have
are enBasred In a legitimate business
but It was not possible to make any
distinction between dealers.
The written record must show the
date of the transaction, the name and
address of the donler or employe
making tho transaction and also the
name, address and description, of the
person with whom It was made, a de
scription of tho property, and tha
been no objections.
The grade plans for Matlock and
Jackson street were accepted last ev
ening and the street Improvement os
sessment against Round-up Park or
dered paid. The discussion of whose
duty it Is to Inspect sewer connections
resulted in Instructions to the street
commissioner to attend to tho Inspection.
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A plcturesoue episode in "Pan
uoraa Box." which waa riven at the
seventh Regiment armory n New
lork city for the benefit of the un
employed girls of the city, by a hun
dred of New York's prettiest and
most prominent society girls. Those
In the photograph are, left to right:
ihe Misses Eunice Clann Marv Ood-
oard Kellogg. Rosalie Bloodgood, Ma
rie Thayer and Marian Tiffany.'
STflil MS run
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General.
Two more German mil.er rcinirt
el simk hy British.
Secretary of the Navy DanicU Ad
inltM io!txhlllty of I'nIUxl states le
Inn Involvwl In Euroien war.
Ixx-al.
Council aKsis ordinance to prevent
M-llliur of Molen potmIm to imvtn KhiM.
.Weapon Strain lian remedy for
loan tax Injustice..
1leitiesl made tluit county stop
working on macadam road when it
reaches Wton.
lanik'r hojte for rain; are afraid
of freeV
Babies maken apiearniiV among
tattle of county.
Two big land sales Indicated by
deed..
Constitutional Amendment Endorsed
by Farmers Union Would Give
Legislative Power.
a proposed constitntl
endment endorsed by the Farmers
Union at Its session at The Dalles
can be adopted, there will be a chance
for relief from the complaint now
ma le here over the taxation of notes
miiu accounts. Assessor C. P Strain
presented me subject before the far
mers' convention and yesterday aft
ernoon he submitted the proposal to
the Commercial c!ub.
The amendment proposed is aa fol
lows: section 32 Article 1.
No tax or duty shall be Imposed
without the consent of the people or
their representatives in the legisla
tive assembly; and all taxation of tan
gible property shall be equal and
uniform.
Section 1 Article .
The legislative assembly shall and
the peeople through the initiative
may provide by Jaw for Just and
equitable rates of assessment and tax
ation. Tho assessment and taxation
of all tangible property, not exempt
(Continued on Page I.)
BUENOS AYUKS. Dec. 10. The
report hn been received hro that
15 German cruisers Numbers ami
Dresden have fx-on oTortskcn anil
Eunk by IirititJi war bin
The Nurnbenr anil Irolcn neap
ed Tuexlay at the time U Srliarn
Iwst, Gnelienaa and Iel:slc were
sunk.
T1h report tJt tlie destnu tion of tho
Nurnlierj- and Dresden M reivlved
In a wirelef from Port Stanley, FaJk
land Islands.
Attenipu to secure further detail
of Tuesday ' engaetnnit failed.
Montivldoo b no longer able to com.
uiunlcate with Port Stanley or to ae
cure confirmation of Ute brief state
mcnt that the Nornborx and Dresden
were sank.
BUENOS ATRES, Dec. Ad
miral Von Sp sank with hi flag
ship, according to Information reach
ing here. In the battle with Admiral
Sturdee's British squadron, resulting
In the destruction of the Scharnhorst.
Gnelsenau and Leipslc.
It wa said six British cruisers en
gaged the kaiser's squadron of five
craft. The battle started in Argen
tine waters and developed Into
running fight which carried It onto
the high seaa.
A w-lrcless report was to the effect
the British losses were less than 100
killed and wounded. The British
ships were said to be slightly damaged.
The Germans were described a
having, tried to escape from a force
which they must have realized out
classed them.
Besides sinking the three vessels,
the British are said to have sent five
German merchantmen to the bottom.
LONDON. Dec. 10. Klnir George
personally sent his congratulations by
wireless to Admiral Sturdee for the
victory over Von Spee.
General French, the British com
mander In France, sent this word: "I
congratulate you and the admiralty on
having swept the seas practically
clear of the enemy's ships."
LONDON. Dec. 10. The admiralty
announced this afternoon:
"Admiral Sturdee reports the Ger
man cruiser Nurnberg as well as the
Scharnhorst. Gnelsenau and Lelpsic
were sunk December 8. A search for
the Dresden Is proceeding. The ac
tion with Intervals lasted five hours.
The Sehornhorst was sunk after
three hours and the Gnelsenau two
hours later. There were no lossee
r.mong the British vessels."
LIVERPOOL WHEAT
DROPS FOURTH TENCE.
Cable advises show the Liv
erpool wheat price to have de
clined one-fourth pence today
thus making the quotation nine
shillings, six and three-fourths
pence. In American money the
price Is slightly approximately
less than $1.40 per bushel,
Liverpool.
ND ROAD IMPROVEMENT BEYOND
WESTON WANTED AT THIS TIME
That the county should not
pieie me macadam road to a tolnt
farther east than Weston at this time
ond that more road work should be
done In the west end and the south
ern part of the county was the sub
stance or fentiiiient that developed
estenUy afternoon nt a meeting!
held at the Commercial Club rooms.;
The mcct:ntr was held as the result
ef numerous complaints that have j
been made by west end people and
th.:-o present cont-Lted of the Com '
t::er-ia! club managers and the
committee o; the u.ssot l.itlon.
com-1 Upon motion by W. L Thnmpnon
It was decided to ask the newly form
ed t:upaers' league tu tuk up the
matter, the motion being to the ef
fact the league be requested to pe
tition tho county court tu 'e is work
" n the eaxt end rnn.'.i la'ii road and tu
devote more HliTii"fl ' T'. t la
ether section. There w;i torirtl-i-r-al'le
t Uk with rcferem to an lui
I roved road between IVmlleton anil
U.e we.st etui country uni) it wa aljei
U'-i;e. fie roil to the oi(i end of
the (.utility in in in e J ,f luiprvrni'-rit.
roads